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I am convinced due to the multiple references in open sources that a secret agreement, at least in principle, has been worked out.\u00a0 Probably a MOU at this point, certainly not what we formally call a treaty (but just as binding under international law\u2014if they want to follow the agreements the two countries make.\u00a0 See \u201cIran media discuss 25-year deal between Iran and China,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

It would revolutionize the Middle East, and slow down Iran\u2019s plans to dominate, if some of the Middle East Arab countries continue to move toward normalization with Israel.\u00a0 \u201cIran: Speaker Denounces Attempts At Normalization Of Israel Ties,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim News Agency, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUN human rights experts today expressed outrage at reports of Iran\u2019s secret execution of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a member of the Kurdish minority in the country. The execution reportedly took place on 11 May in a military base in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province. \u201cWe condemn the execution of Hedayat Abdollahpour in the strongest terms,\u201d the independent experts said. \u201cAny death sentence undertaken in contravention of a State\u2019s obligations under international law is tantamount to arbitrary execution and hence unlawful. The fact that the execution took place in secret after an enforced disappearance is an additional aggravating factor.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cUN Condemns Iran\u2019s Secret Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner,\u201d<\/a> Center for Human Rights in Iran, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cKhamenei’s Defiant Foreign Policy Chief Lashes Out At EU Trio, IAEA,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Radio Farda, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUkraine, Canada, Afghanistan, the United Kingdom, and Sweden signed a Memorandum of understanding,\u201d<\/a> Steve Cowan, Free News, July 3, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0See also, \u201cCanada, Sweden Pave Way for Compensation Talks with Iran on Downed Plane,\u201d<\/a> Bourse and Bazaar, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheetahs of the Homeland\u201d?\u00a0 \u201cMessages claiming Iran nuclear site fire deepen mystery,\u201d<\/a> AP, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Looking at Possible Sabotage After Recent Explosions at Key Sites,\u201d<\/a> Aresu Eqbali, Isabel Coles, and Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am convinced due to the multiple references in open sources that a secret agreement, at least in principle, has been worked out.\u00a0 Probably a MOU at this point, certainly not what we formally call a treaty (but just as binding under international law\u2014if they want to follow the agreements the two countries make.\u00a0 See … <\/p>\n

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